List of public art in Dundee

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This is a list of public art in Dundee , Scotland. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

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DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDimensionsDesignation Wikidata Notes
Dundee mercat cross.JPG
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Mercat cross Nethergate1586 John Mylne Unicorn statue on column & pedestalStone & bronze resinCategory BModern unicorn replacement by Scott Sutherland. [1]
Sir David Baxter, 1st Baronet The Pavilion, Baxter Park 1863 John Steell StatueMarble [2] [3] [4] [5]
Dundee,-Albert-Square,-George-Kinloch-Monument-(Q17798900).jpg George Kinloch Albert Square1872 John Steell Statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17798900 [6]
Statue of James Carmichael, Dundee.jpg James Carmichael Albert Square1876 John Hutchison Seated statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B [7]
Robert Burns statue, Dundee.jpg
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Statue of Robert Burns Albert Square1880 John Steell Seated statue on pedestalBronze and graniteCategory B Q17798424 [8] [9]
Statue of Queen Victoria, Albert Square, Dundee by Harry Bates 1899.jpg
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Queen Victoria Albert Square1899 Harry Bates Seated statue on pedestal with reliefsBronze and graniteCategory B Q17798977 [2] [10] [11]
Dundee police war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 7145358.jpg Police war memorialSheriff Court, West Bell Street1922Celtic wheel crossStone2m tall Q56630256 [12] [13] [14]
Dundee Law, War Memorial.jpg
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War memorialLaw Road, Dundee Law 1925Thomas Braddock, William Gauldie (architect), R.Pert and Sons Ltd. (builder)Monument with beaconGraniteCategory B Q17808521 [2] [15] [16]
Soldier of the Black Watch - geograph.org.uk - 254012.jpg
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Black Watch memorialEmmock Road, Dundee1959 Scott Sutherland Statue on pedestal & stepsBronze and stone Q17814233 [2] [17]
Ceramic panels40-42 Bellfield St.1982-83Keith DonnellyRelief panelsCeramic resin [2]
Sculpture - geograph.org.uk - 237073.jpg Deer LeapRiverside Avenue, Dundee Technology Park1987 David Annand Sculpture groupBronze [2]
Street Furniture / Lily buds & jute twistsNethergate, High St., Murrygate & Panmure St.1992-c.1996David Findlay WilsonRailings and street furnitureMetal [2] [18] [19]
Dundee dragon - geograph.org.uk - 777300.jpg The DragonMurrygate1992-1994Alastair Smart, Tony Morrow & Powderhall BronzeStatueBronze [2]
Statue of Admiral Duncan, Dundee.jpg
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Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan High Street, Castlehill1997Janet Scrymgeour WedderburnStatue on pedestalBronze and granite [20]
Dasprate Dan - panoramio.jpg
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Desperate Dan & DawgHigh Street2001Susie Paterson, Tony Morrow & Powderhall BronzeSculpture groupBronze [2]
Minnie the minx.jpg Minnie the Minx High Street2001Susie Paterson, Tony Morrow & Powderhall BronzeSculptureBronze [2]
Penguins on the wall - geograph.org.uk - 1804952.jpg March of the PenguinsOutside Steeple Church, Nethergate2005Angela HunterSculpture groupBronze [2]
Catalyst3 Greenmarket2008Matthew Dalziel & Louise ScullionSculptureVarious [2] [21] [22]
Another Time XGrounds of Maggie's Dundee at Ninewells Hospital 2008 Antony Gormley StatueCast iron [23] [24] [25]
Still on Patrol 3 - geograph.org.uk - 1839155.jpg
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Dundee International Submarine Memorial Victoria Dock2009Paul Grime & Jeremy Cunningham9 panelsStone Q5314825 [26]
'Lemmings' sculpture - detail (geograph 6299613).jpg
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LemmingsSeabraes Gardens2013Alyson Conway & Powderhall BronzeSculpture groupBronze Q23900277 Sculpture representing 3 video game characters. [2] [23]
The Dundee Weaver on Lochee High Street (detail) (geograph 5965398).jpg
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Jute WomenHigh Street, Lochee 2014Malcolm Robertson & Powderhall BronzeSculpture group and screenBronze and steel Q134813221 Screen has verses by Mary Brooksbank & Ron Hutcheson. [2]

References

  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "Nethergate, Mercat Cross (Category B Listed Building LB25386)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Matthew Jarron (30 May 2019). "Desperate Dan to Queen Victoria: Thirteen public sculptures in Dundee". Art UK. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. Historic Environment Scotland. "Baxter Park (GDL00051)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. "David Baxter Statue by John Steell (1863)". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  5. "David Baxter (1793–1872)". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  6. Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of George Kinloch (Category B Listed Building LB24934)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of James Carmichael (Category B Listed Building LB24930)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  8. Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of Robert Burns (Category B Listed Building LB24925)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  9. Rhona Taylor (22 January 2020). "Six Scottish Robert Burns statues". Art UK. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. Historic Environment Scotland. "Albert Square, Statue of Queen Victoria (Category B Listed Building LB24944)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  11. "Statue of Queen Victoria 1899". Yale Centre for British Art. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  12. "War Memorials Register: Dundee City Police - Cross". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  13. "Police War Memorial". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  14. "Police War Memorial". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  15. "War Memorials Register: Dundee Law - Beacon". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  16. Historic Environment Scotland. "Law Hill War Memorial (Category B Listed Building LB25409)" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  17. "War Memorials Register: 4th and 5th Battalions The Black Watch WW2". Imperial War Museum . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  18. Furniture&artist-name=david-f-wilson/ "Explore - Search "Street Furniture"". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  19. "Street Furniture". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  20. "War Memorials Register: Admiral Adam Duncan of Camperdown". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  21. "Catalyst". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  22. "Catalyst". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Staff picks: our favourite sculptures (so far)". Art UK. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  24. "Another Time X by Antony Gormley (2008-09)". Public Art Dundee. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  25. "Another Time X". Art UK. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  26. "War Memorials Register: 'Still on Patrol' - Submariners - WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 18 July 2020.